Tips for Effective Note Taking

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Taking Notes: Crash Course Study Skills #1

Time Management Tools

I Don’t Have Enough Time!

Do you think you do not have enough time to study for exams, participate in extracurriculars, have jobs, and have a social life? The two tools, described below, may be of benefit.

The University of Pittsburgh hosts a time calculator that can help you understand how you are organizing your time throughout the week. The University of Toronto-Scarborough hosts an assignment planner.

Time Calculator – University of Pittsburgh

How it Works

To use the calculator, begin by entering the number of credits you are taking and how you are currently spending your time. Once you have done that, you can use the calculator to see how small changes can help you organize your time more efficiently.

The calculator is available at this site: https://www.asundergrad.pitt.edu/study-lab/time-management-calculator

Assignment Planner – University of Toronto-Scarborough

How it Works

The Assignment Planner breaks down various projects into manageable steps based on your due dates. Each step includes hints and “how-to” links. You can also add each step to your calendar using the button “Add to Calendar.”

To use the planner, users fill in the date they will begin the assignment and the date the assignment is due. Next, the user chooses, from a drop-down list, the type of assignment, and then clicks the “Calculate Schedule” button. Note, any interim due dates provided by the instructor take precedence over dates suggested by the Assignment Planner.

The assignment planner is at this link: https://digital.utsc.utoronto.ca/assignment-planner

College Resources for Students with Disabilities

The resources below can assist students with disabilities explore career options and development.

Note: The Affordable Colleges Online and Best Colleges sites do contain advertisements. WINAHEAD is sharing these two resource links for informational purposes only and is not endorsing the sites by sharing them.

Career Guides

Career Guide for Students with Disabilities – Best Colleges, a commercial site uses proprietary research, user-friendly guides, and hundreds of independent college rankings to provide students with direct connections to schools and programs that suit their educational goals. The resources at the site are free to use. To learn more about Best Colleges, visit the “About Us” page.

Career Opportunities for Students with Disabilities and College Resources for Students with Disabilities – are resources available from Affordable Colleges Online (ACO). The site was created to help students identify colleges, programs, and scholarship opportunities that fit their academic and financial ambitions and needs. The resources at the site are free and include comprehensive guidebooks, student interviews, user-friendly search tools, federal datasets, college rankings, and additional materials created and reviewed by experts in education. To learn more about ACO, visit the “About Us” page.

Youth, Disclosure, and the Workplace Why, When, What, and How – Prepared by the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Disability Employment Policy, this article discusses the “Why,” “When.” and “How,” of disclosing your disability in the workplace. Every jobseeker with a disability is faced with the same decision: “Should I or shouldn’t I disclose my disability?” This decision may be framed differently depending upon whether you have a visible disability or a non-visible disability. Ultimately, the decision of whether to disclose is entirely up to the individual.